The aftermath of a large SWA cable tied to a bridge snagged on a passenger train....

[UKMeterman]

An SWA feeding a signal box was cable tied to the cable tray on the side of a footbridge at a railway station. A train passing through the station snagged it and it went ping and recoiled down the platform....

Report 06/2018: Passengers struck by a flying cable at Abergavenny (Y Fenni) station - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-062018-passengers-struck-by-a-flying-cable-at-abergavenny-y-fenni-stationReport 06/2018: Passengers struck by a flying cable at Abergavenny (Y Fenni) station - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-062018-passengers-struck-by-a-flying-cable-at-abergavenny-y-fenni-station

 

[Rpa07]

45 pages - my recommendation- periodic inspection and metal cable ties!
Not for the safety of passengers and staff but so no one has to read 45 pages of waffle WITHOUT A VIDEO!

 

[elsparko]

45 pages - my recommendation- periodic inspection and metal cable ties!
Not for the safety of passengers and staff but so no one has to read 45 pages of waffle WITHOUT A VIDEO!

thanks for saving me the time of going through the link lol

 

[Spoon]

Yep, I'm with @elsparko in this. Thanks @Rpa07 .

ok, I had to have a quick look... It does have pics...

 

[Wilko]

If I understand correctly - Not built right, not signed off, not inspected, no one responsible. Hope they do a better job of the trains.

 

[Octopus]

45 pages ...................... that must have kept a lot of pen pushers quiet for a while ..............

 

[Spoon]

45 pages ...................... that must have kept a lot of pen pushers quiet for a while ..............

Some people are really good at waffling on and on.

Leave us pen pushers alone...

 

[telectrix]

perhaps job was done by a Electrical Trainee straight out of training school.

 

[SparkyChick]

Whoever did it was a knuckle head. Common sense says you don't use nylon cable ties as the only means of supporting a cable in that situation.

 

[The Ghost]

This is the very crux of what bugs me today in most spheres. I am putting aside taxpayer money for that report as being vexatious in itself. Plain common sense. Why has someone not put the pieces together and thought Mhmm I wonder if that cable hanging down might catch on a train, better secure it. Is it really that hard?

 

[The Ghost]

Whoever did it was a knuckle head

Well it is your stamping grounds, anything you want to tell us mmmm?

 

[SparkyChick]

Well it is your stamping grounds, anything you want to tell us mmmm?

Yeah, I don't have the necessary qualifications to work on the railways

And if I'd been asked to do it and not provided with steel ties, I would probably have been out of a job

 

[Wilko]

This is the very crux of what bugs me today in most spheres. I am putting aside taxpayer money for that report as being vexatious in itself. Plain common sense. Why has someone not put the pieces together and thought Mhmm I wonder if that cable hanging down might catch on a train, better secure it. Is it really that hard?

Agree. I had to delete my 2 attempts to express that thought. My bet is there was no where for Concerned Person to contact ...

 

[elsparko]

i thought the rail network was extra super safe with it almost being a different trade?

 

[snowhead]

I wonder if that cable hanging down might catch on a train, better secure it. Is it really that hard?

"Not my job,someone else will sort it out", springs to mind

 

[The Ghost]

I think you mean claw or hook cleats not metal ties @SparkyChick . Looking at the report it is fascinating at around page 30 ish and on it is worth a look as to how BS7671 is used in such an incident. It says there is no specific prescription for what type of fixings but under selection and erection, environmental consideration would come in to play. Thus we know plastic ties especially on the vertical would never never do. I bet someone is crapping themselves waiting for the axe to fall.

 

[telectrix]

whole new meaning to the current dispute about having a conductor on a train.

 

[Tes369]

Cure * Black all round band, 2 x square plate washers, 2x 6mm Zebs, 2 x6mm Roofing bolts per strap = Not going anywhere.

 

[Tes369]

Cure * Black all round band, Remove both 6mm roofing bolts holding tray to unistrut place band= Not going anywhere.

** Replace penny washers around the right way they have a slightly chamfered edge one side it annoys me.

 

[The Ghost]

Not going anywhere

Unless, as the report said the tray fixings were failing.